An architectural term, especially in windows, referring to a cross or crossing pattern, borrowed from French.
From French 'croisée' (feminine form, literally 'crossed one'), referring to windows with crossing mullions or divisions that create a cross pattern.
Gothic architecture got obsessed with crosses in every detail—'croisée' windows physically split the pane into four parts, reflecting both practical engineering and the religious symbolism that dominated medieval design thinking.
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